Extension:WikiMarkdown

MediaWiki extensions manual

WikiMarkdown Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , ContentHandler
Description	Allows for markdown syntax to be used on wiki pages
Author(s)	Nathan Kuenzig (kuenzigntalk)
Latest version	1.0.0
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.35+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history README on GitHub
Parameters $wgAllowMarkdownExtra
Tags ‎<markdown>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit ResourceLoaderRegisterModules ContentHandlerDefaultModelFor CodeEditorGetPageLanguage

The WikiMarkdown extension allows for markdown syntax to be used on wiki pages using the ‎<markdown> tag. It is powered by the Parsedown library.

Usage

Once installed, you can use ‎<markdown> tags on wiki pages. For example,

Emphasis This is bold text This is bold text This is italic text This is italic text Strikethrough

is the result of the following wikitext markup:

<markdown>
## Emphasis

**This is bold text**

__This is bold text__

*This is italic text*

_This is italic text_

~~Strikethrough~~
</markdown>

Markdown content handler

The extension adds a content handler for markdown pages, which can be edited using a markdown editor when CodeEditor is installed.

Markdown error category

The extension adds pages that encountered errors during markdown parsing to a tracking category.

Parameters

inline

The attribute indicates that the markdown should be inline as part of a paragraph (as opposed to being its own block).

Installation

• Download and move the extracted WikiMarkdown folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/WikiMarkdown
• Only when installing from Git, run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing composer install --no-dev in the extension directory. (See task T173141 for potential complications.)
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'WikiMarkdown' );
  $wgAllowMarkdownExtra = true; // allows usage of Parsedown Extra
  

• Configure as required.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

$wgAllowMarkdownExtra

To enable Parsedown Extra support, set $wgAllowMarkdownExtra = true; (default is "false")

SyntaxHighlight integration

When SyntaxHighlight is installed, the extension will automatically apply its highlighting to markdown code blocks. The code blocks will render the same as the SyntaxHighlight code blocks and will support all the same languages.

VisualEditor integration

The extension enables direct editing with VisualEditor. A popup is opened when a user wants to edit ‎<markdown> sections. For this to work, VisualEditor must be installed and configured from the latest Git version, same for Parsoid.

See also

• Parsedown — PHP markdown parser
• Markdown Extension
• Markdown Content Handler